Things I'm loving this week -- and the past couple of weeks -- as the holidays wind up and it becomes time to head home to Melbourne.

1. Finding my will to be weird // More illustrations on vintage Arizona Highways scans.
2. While I was 'home-home' (in NSW), we visited nearby hippie town Bellingen and blitzed the opshops // Then dad's leather-working tools came out, and I made Humble her first handmade collar.
3. Collecting roo bones and abalone shells in Eden, NSW, over new year's eve with Bay // Learning how to draw shells.
4. New year's eve in Eden: the campsite // Blue tips, blood lips.5. The process from sketch to painting // From start to finish.
6. Another pre-painting sketch // Cleanskin vs. tattoos.
7. Drinking, skating and paintingjam at Creekside DIY skate ramp // Swimming in the creek the next day.
8. Cold salty ciders at the Ballina skatepark // Shadow: blissing out at Angels Beach in his lifejacket.
9. Melbourne home: painting, bruschetta, ciders, new rug and home decor with Bay // Farm home: Belly-button the border collie, gardening, champagne with my mumma.